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English Dictionary: jaunty |
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2 results for jaunty |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- jaunty
- adj
- marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
Synonym(s): dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
- having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"
Synonym(s): chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Jaunty \Jaun"ty\, a. [Compar. {Jauntier}; superl. {Jauntiest}.]
[Formerly spelt janty, fr. F. gentil. See {Gentle}, and cf.
{Genty}.]
Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or
fantastical manner.
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